diff --git a/lib/connectsettingsaction.php b/lib/connectsettingsaction.php
index 02c468a359..7902931e03 100644
--- a/lib/connectsettingsaction.php
+++ b/lib/connectsettingsaction.php
@@ -98,34 +98,37 @@ class ConnectSettingsNav extends Widget
 
     function show()
     {
-        # action => array('prompt', 'title')
-        $menu = array();
-        if (common_config('xmpp', 'enabled')) {
-            $menu['imsettings'] =
-              array(_('IM'),
-                    _('Updates by instant messenger (IM)'));
-        }
-        if (common_config('sms', 'enabled')) {
-            $menu['smssettings'] =
-              array(_('SMS'),
-                    _('Updates by SMS'));
-        }
-        if (common_config('twitter', 'enabled')) {
-            $menu['twittersettings'] =
-              array(_('Twitter'),
-                    _('Twitter integration options'));
-        }
-
         $action_name = $this->action->trimmed('action');
         $this->action->elementStart('ul', array('class' => 'nav'));
 
-        foreach ($menu as $menuaction => $menudesc) {
-            $this->action->menuItem(common_local_url($menuaction),
-				    $menudesc[0],
-				    $menudesc[1],
-				    $action_name === $menuaction);
+        if (Event::handle('StartConnectSettingsNav', array(&$this->action))) {
+
+            # action => array('prompt', 'title')
+            $menu = array();
+            if (common_config('xmpp', 'enabled')) {
+                $menu['imsettings'] =
+                  array(_('IM'),
+                        _('Updates by instant messenger (IM)'));
+            }
+            if (common_config('sms', 'enabled')) {
+                $menu['smssettings'] =
+                  array(_('SMS'),
+                        _('Updates by SMS'));
+            }
+
+            foreach ($menu as $menuaction => $menudesc) {
+                $this->action->menuItem(common_local_url($menuaction),
+                        $menudesc[0],
+                        $menudesc[1],
+                        $action_name === $menuaction);
+            }
+
+            Event::handle('EndConnectSettingsNav', array(&$this->action));
         }
 
         $this->action->elementEnd('ul');
     }
+
 }
+
+
diff --git a/lib/router.php b/lib/router.php
index 08bc0566dd..5bffdb16bf 100644
--- a/lib/router.php
+++ b/lib/router.php
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ class Router
 
         $m->connect('doc/:title', array('action' => 'doc'));
 
-        // Twitter
-
-        $m->connect('twitter/authorization', array('action' => 'twitterauthorization'));
-
         // facebook
 
         $m->connect('facebook', array('action' => 'facebookhome'));
@@ -136,7 +132,7 @@ class Router
         // settings
 
         foreach (array('profile', 'avatar', 'password', 'im',
-                       'email', 'sms', 'twitter', 'userdesign', 'other') as $s) {
+                       'email', 'sms', 'userdesign', 'other') as $s) {
             $m->connect('settings/'.$s, array('action' => $s.'settings'));
         }
 
diff --git a/plugins/TwitterBridge/TwitterBridgePlugin.php b/plugins/TwitterBridge/TwitterBridgePlugin.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7daa9a222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/TwitterBridge/TwitterBridgePlugin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Laconica, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Plugin
+ * @package   Laconica
+ * @author    Zach Copley <zach@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @copyright 2009 Control Yourself, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('LACONICA')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Plugin for sending and importing Twitter statuses
+ *
+ * This class allows users to link their Twitter accounts
+ *
+ * @category Plugin
+ * @package  Laconica
+ * @author   Zach Copley <zach@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://laconi.ca/
+ * @link     http://twitter.com/
+ */
+
+class TwitterBridgePlugin extends Plugin
+{
+    /**
+     * Initializer for the plugin.
+     */
+
+    function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add Twitter-related paths to the router table
+     *
+     * Hook for RouterInitialized event.
+     *
+     * @return boolean hook return
+     */
+
+    function onRouterInitialized(&$m)
+    {
+        $m->connect('twitter/authorization', array('action' => 'twitterauthorization'));
+        $m->connect('settings/twitter', array('action' => 'twittersettings'));
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    function onEndConnectSettingsNav(&$action)
+    {
+        $action_name = $action->trimmed('action');
+
+        $action->menuItem(common_local_url('twittersettings'),
+                          _('Twitter'),
+                          _('Twitter integration options'),
+                          $action_name === 'twittersettings');
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    function onAutoload($cls)
+    {
+        switch ($cls)
+        {
+         case 'TwittersettingsAction':
+         case 'TwitterauthorizationAction':
+            require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/plugins/TwitterBridge/' . strtolower(mb_substr($cls, 0, -6)) . '.php');
+            return false;
+         case 'TwitterOAuthClient':
+            require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitteroAuthclient.php');
+            return false;
+         default:
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actions/twitterauthorization.php b/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitterauthorization.php
similarity index 100%
rename from actions/twitterauthorization.php
rename to plugins/TwitterBridge/twitterauthorization.php
diff --git a/lib/twitteroauthclient.php b/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitteroauthclient.php
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/twitteroauthclient.php
rename to plugins/TwitterBridge/twitteroauthclient.php
diff --git a/actions/twittersettings.php b/plugins/TwitterBridge/twittersettings.php
similarity index 97%
rename from actions/twittersettings.php
rename to plugins/TwitterBridge/twittersettings.php
index 0859ab9d34..a3e02e1256 100644
--- a/actions/twittersettings.php
+++ b/plugins/TwitterBridge/twittersettings.php
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ class TwittersettingsAction extends ConnectSettingsAction
 
     function showContent()
     {
-        if (!common_config('twitter', 'enabled')) {
-            $this->element('div', array('class' => 'error'),
-                           _('Twitter is not available.'));
-            return;
-        }
 
         $user = common_current_user();